Supreme Court of Georgia February 2, 1976, 30566 (Hunter v. Brown)

*170Hill, Justice,

dissenting.

The purpose of the writ of habeas corpus is to determine the legality of the state’s restraint of a person’s liberty. Code Ann. § 50-101(c) provides that "Any person restrained of his liberty as a result of a sentence imposed by any State court of record may sue out a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of such restraint.” As stated in Stynchcombe v.